The number of cases of dengue fever in Central and South America has nearly tripled to a record high this year, the Pan American Health Organisation (Paho) said on...

Getty ImagesCoffee drinkers may soon see their morning treat get more expensive, as the price of coffee on international commodity markets has hit its highest level on record.On Tuesday,...

Getty ImagesCanadian tourists, such as these taking part in an exercise class, are vital to the Cuban tourism sectorWith winter nights drawing in across North America, Canadian “snowbirds” –...

BBCNatalia Cavalcante says she built a house on the profits from sex workDayane Leite never wanted to become a sex worker but at the age of 17 her husband...

The European Union has signed a trade deal with four of South America's biggest economies.European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen called the agreement a "truly historic milestone" in...

The number of people who have been reported missing in the violence-wracked Mexican state of Sinaloa has doubled since two rival factions of a drugs cartel started a bloody...

A parliamentary session in the Bahamas has been dramatically suspended after an opposition MP threw a ceremonial mace out a window. Shanendon Cartwright, the deputy leader of the opposition,...

A gang has been jailed after trying to smuggle cocaine with a street value of about £200m in a cargo of bananas from Colombia.The shipment - believed to be...

A man has been caught trying to smuggle hundreds of endangered spiders and insects out of Peru. Officials stopped the 28-year-old Korean citizen, who had hidden the animals about...

US President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to impose 100% tariffs on a bloc of nine nations if they were to create a rival currency to the US dollar. "The...

When your father is hailed as one of the greatest footballers to ever grace a pitch, there is a high likelihood you will follow in his footsteps, right?Well, that...

This potential was realised in late September with the birth of Hurricane Helene. It intensified rapidly before making landfall on the Florida coast as a major category four storm.Helene...